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My brother has trouble finishing tasks and feels so guilty. What should I do? He lives with me and is homeless and I just found out

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My brother

My brother has OCD and is homeless. He just started living with me and I did not know he was OCD. I acted incorrectly until I sat down and thought about his...

My brother has OCD and is homeless. He just started living with me and I did no...

•3 years ago

ERP confusion in my brain, need advice please from others who are, or who have done, ERP with meds

ERP Confusion I have just started taking prozac one time a day and have begun to do some exposures at home on my own (no therapist present during exposure...

ERP Confusion I have just started taking prozac one time a day and have begun to...

•3 years ago

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New to OCD

Hi Friends - new here and a parent with a 12 year old recently diagnosed. We are still in the phase where meds are being introduced and he has been on Prozac...

Hi Friends - new here and a parent with a 12 year old recently diagnosed. We ar...

•3 years ago

Any advice? Bad idea?

Ok so I think I was stupid. Lately I've been struggling with obssesive intrusive thoughts that are overwhelmingly unlike me. I talked to my therapist and we...

Ok so I think I was stupid. Lately I've been struggling with obssesive intrusive...

•3 years ago

OCD and Trauma

Hello!! I have OCD and it’s been a long journey! I had ERP but didn’t work for some of my thoughts... I read about Trauma and OCD and would like your advice...

Hello!! I have OCD and it’s been a long journey! I had ERP but didn’t work for ...

•3 years ago

Overthinking and OCD

I’ve been having a hard time lately with OCD and overthinking stuff. Warning this will mention incest OCD so if that triggers you, scroll by. For the past days...

I’ve been having a hard time lately with OCD and overthinking stuff. Warning thi...

•3 years ago

#WellnessWednesday:) MISINFORMATION and OCD

False claims about OCD are harmful to our community and can prevent those impacted by OCD from receiving the treatment that they need and deserve. Share the...

False claims about OCD are harmful to our community and can prevent those impact...

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She told me that I didn't hurt her, and I'm confident that I didn't, yet I lack the confidence to move on.

Hi guys, I'm a 23 year-old man living with Asperger's Syndrome, as well as clinical depression, generalized anxiety disorder, as well as formally undiagnosed...

Hi guys, I'm a 23 year-old man living with Asperger's Syndrome, as well as clini...

•3 years ago

Feeling down

Does anyone else just feel irritable anxious and annoyed because theres nothing to do because the way our world is right now?! I feel super down in the dumps...

Does anyone else just feel irritable anxious and annoyed because theres nothing ...

•3 years ago

Venlor for OCD

Has anyone been presribed Venlor for OCD? how have you found it?

Has anyone been presribed Venlor for OCD? how have you found it?

•3 years ago

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Ocd anxiety

Hi there, I have struggled with ocd since I was 6 years old.. It has gotten progressively worse and it's becoming something That I'm worried is part of the...

Hi there, I have struggled with ocd since I was 6 years old.. It has gotten prog...

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•3 years ago

Overthinking

Check this video out. It's really good! https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_ICREZm9CtE

Check this video out. It's really good! https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_ICREZm9Ct...

•3 years ago

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Struggling.

I'm not doing well. Since I watched this show on Sunday, I have had an overwhelning flow of disturbing unwanted intrusive images. I don't know whats wrong. The...

I'm not doing well. Since I watched this show on Sunday, I have had an overwheln...

•3 years ago

Ladies, is OCD worse on your period?

Hi ladies, sorry if this is quite personal/tmi, but I have noticed that my OCD appears to be worse when I am on my period. For my period week, I have noticed...

Hi ladies, sorry if this is quite personal/tmi, but I have noticed that my OCD a...

•3 years ago

Trouble with OCD at work

Hello, I've been having trouble dealing with OCD at work lately. This is an old fear, but I'm afraid I'm going to forget or miss something and that it's going...

Hello, I've been having trouble dealing with OCD at work lately. This is an old...

•3 years ago

WellnessWednesday :) Dealing with violent thoughts and other forms of OCD

Fred Penzel, PhD is a licensed psychologist who has specialized in the treatment of OCD and related disorders since 1982. From Dr. Penzel article titled: "How...

Fred Penzel, PhD is a licensed psychologist who has specialized in the treatment...

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Fear in sleep

Hello Fear attacks occur to me in the midst of sleep due to OCD, is there a solution for them?

Hello Fear attacks occur to me in the midst of sleep due to OCD, is there a sol...

•3 years ago

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Contamination Exposure anxiety

For people who have contamination ocd - Do you have a hard time just sitting with the high anxiety feeling that comes after doing an exposure? I find it to be...

For people who have contamination ocd - Do you have a hard time just sitting wit...

•3 years ago

Can I ignore this OCD worry and finally move on?

Hi guys, I've posted before, and this is going to be my final ever post. Thanks to you, I've been able to overcome some of my most debilitating intrusive...

Hi guys, I've posted before, and this is going to be my final ever post. Thanks ...

•3 years ago

Does this happen to anyone else?

Okay so, you know how with OCD you still have to sometimes face triggers of it, and sometimes facing them and not doing the compulsion helps stop the OCD...

Okay so, you know how with OCD you still have to sometimes face triggers of it, ...

•3 years ago

Official OCD diagnosis

For those of you have been officially diagnosed with OCD, what different tests did your psychologist/ psychiatrist do before your diagnoses?

For those of you have been officially diagnosed with OCD, what different tests d...

•3 years ago

Trouble navigating

Today I woke up already really anxious and shaking, I don't know how to deal with it today, and I'm only seeing my therapist this afternoon and it's the first...

Today I woke up already really anxious and shaking, I don't know how to deal wit...

•3 years ago

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Harm OCD

I don't know too much about this maybe someone who does can help me. Is it normal for someone with harm ocd to be worried about someone else harming them?...

I don't know too much about this maybe someone who does can help me. Is it norm...

•3 years ago

Just Joined after talking with my therapist

Hello. I'm guessing you get a lot of posts like this, but I'm literally typing this through a stream of tears. My therapist recommend I come to this site...

Hello. I'm guessing you get a lot of posts like this, but I'm literally typing ...

•3 years ago

Tired by OCD

Does anyone else find that they wake up anxious in the morning and spend most of the day feeling super tired because of all the worrying and obsessing? It's...

Does anyone else find that they wake up anxious in the morning and spend most of...

•3 years ago

Weird sensations

I'm not sure if this is OCD related or just a thing that happens but... Have any of you ever experienced, right before falling asleep hearing /imagining random...

I'm not sure if this is OCD related or just a thing that happens but... Have any...

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OCD on weekends

Do any of you worry about weekends and being at home with OCD? Does any of your symptoms get worse on weekends? What do you do on weekends to make sure your...

Do any of you worry about weekends and being at home with OCD? Does any of your ...

•3 years ago

Does anyone use FLUOXETINE 25mg for OCD? Does it help?

Does anyone use Fluoxetine for OCD? Has it helped?

Does anyone use Fluoxetine for OCD? Has it helped?

•3 years ago

Harm OCD Overcoming in Progress

I am a young person who is accepting my Harm OCD and looking for ways to overcome it! I fear driving, harming others, and doing things I know are wrong. I feel...

I am a young person who is accepting my Harm OCD and looking for ways to overcom...

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